Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27
COUNTRY LIFE AND WORK.
SLEEP.

SLEEP.
We sleep and dream. Who has not seen and
His hearts desire in that charmed palace
sleep,
And hinged the happiness he could not keep.
Or kissed an ideal he could never set
In place Of waking facts? Thus from the fret
And toll of life, we enter, wandering deep
Through the long corridors, whore dreams, that
steep
Our souls with gladness, vile us to forget
That they are dreams. Here in the sleeping
place
We come into the presence, face to face,
OF longings realized; Here stretch our hands
To touch some well-remembered form Of yore,
And speak the words We should have spoke be-
fore
Our friends passed from us into distant lands.
Chambers Journal.
SKILLED FARM LABoRERs.
No idea has done more to repress
farming progress than the idea that a
farm laborer need not be skilled that
brute strength is the main requisite.
This was never true, and is less 80 now
than ever before since improved ma
chinery has to be handled. But even
in handling such old-fashioned nipple
ments as the ak and the hoe efficiency
depends as much upon skill as upon
muscle. 1t is by no means the largest
or strongest hired man who will do
most work in a day. And when help
is hired that is entirely unused to our
methods Of farming its inexperience
greatly detracts from its value. The
truth is that farming is trade that has
TO be learned if the workers at it would
be effective. It requires knowledge
and skill in far larger number of
things than most other kinds OF bust
ness. In fact, it is never fully learned.
The Oldest and most successful farmer
is generally the most ready to learn
something new about his business, and it
isiusually this habit which he has keptup
through his life that has given him sue
cess. That farmer shows only his limit
ed idea of his business who thinks that he
knows 50 much about it that he cannot
learn anything more. And, though
skill in farm help is desirable, it is
sometimes better in rough work to
have a green hand willing to do as he
is told, and to learn, than one self-con-
eeited with the idea that he knows ey-
srything already. Much depends up
on employers. Some are themselves
80 conceited that few hired men are
willing to try to learn from them.
CRIBBING.
| This is q disagreeable practice with
colts or horses, which it is almost inn
possible to cure. It is not disease for
which medicines can be applied. When
ahorse Or colt has been stabbed it has been
recommended to turn them out to pas
ture for five or six months. But this
will not break them of the practice, as
soon as they are idle in field or stable,
1t will come back. Youatt says the
only remedy is a muzzle, with bars
across the bottom, sufficiently wide to
enable the animal to pick up it's oats OF
corn, and pull his hay, but not to grasp
the edge of the manger. If this is worn
for considerable period, thehorse may
be tired of attempting that which it
cannot accomplish, and for q while for
get the habit, but in a majority of cases
the desire for cribbing will return with
the opportunity of gratifying it. There
is no accounting for the habit. It is
sometimes caused by imitation, but more
frequently By idleness and restlessness.
Spirited horses want to be always doing
something. tits said that is sometimes
contracted when grooming the colt or
horse, feeling so good he catches hold
OF the manager with his teeth.
FATTEN THE HOGS.
| The followin g from an Iowa farmer APP
plies to Minnesota, Dakota or Wisconsin,,
as well: The hogs of Iowa is healthy now.
They may not be three months hence.
The new corn IS nearly ready to be fed to
them. It will never be used to more
profit than when fed to hogs, common
cling just as it begins to glaze. Then they
use to profit both ears and stalk. This is
probably destined to be the red letter
year for hogs. Let farmers make most
of it. If it is thought more profitable
the ears can be gathered and the stalks
cut and shocked. But feed the hogs.
One bushel Of corn in August and Sept
ember will make as much pork as two
will in December and January. When
feeding be sure that they have plenty
of pure. cool water and comfortable
sleeping places. Liberal feeding will
not in the least bring on the cholera.
The cholera seed has to be there as
much to produce cholera as it does seed
to produce o crop of corn. Keep your
hogs rs much as possible from all other
hogs, and especially from stray dogs.
METHODS OF FEEDING MEAT.
1t is universally conceded among poul-
try raisers in our country that supply
Of meat is an absolute necessity to lay
ing hens, says a writer in the New Eng
land Farmer, but as to methods Of m eet
ing this need diversities of opinion are
numerous. But not to expatiate upon
the different modes in which MEATS fed
to hens, | viii briefly state my opinions
on the subject, giving the method which
An my experience. has proved itself most
satisfactory and profitable.
In the summer, when hens are given
their freedom in roaming about they
will obtain sufficient quantity of in.
.sects, worms, ETC., to supply, their want
of snimal food. But in the Winter, as
they have no such opportunities, the
continuation of their animal diet is de-
pendent upon the owner. The best me-
4hod of supplying hens with q meat diet